US6502911B2 - Method for the realization of printed polychrome decorations on metal artifacts and related apparatus - Google Patents

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US6502911B2
US6502911B2 US09/829,002 US82900201A US6502911B2 US 6502911 B2 US6502911 B2 US 6502911B2 US 82900201 A US82900201 A US 82900201A US 6502911 B2 US6502911 B2 US 6502911B2
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
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    • B44D2/00—Special techniques in artistic painting or drawing, e.g. oil painting, water painting, pastel painting, relief painting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B13/00—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00
    • B05B13/02—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work
    • B05B13/04—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the spray heads being moved during spraying operation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B41M5/0041—Digital printing on surfaces other than ordinary paper
    • B41M5/0058—Digital printing on surfaces other than ordinary paper on metals and oxidised metal surfaces
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  • the invention relates to a method for the realization of printed decorations on elongated elements, in particular rigid materials having the shape of a section bar.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a system for the realization of decorations on elongated elements such as to allow the decoration of surfaces of such elements having a complex section profile, showing in particular high level alterations.
  • the present invention provides a method for the realization of printed polychrome decorations on elongated elements through a plurality of jets of dyeing substances that are projected by the respective nozzles towards external surface zones to be decorated of said elements, characterized in that during the printing a substantially constant distance is kept between said zones and said nozzles, also in correspondence of profile variations of said zones.
  • the present invention provides an apparatus for the realization of printed polychrome decorations on elongated elements, said apparatus comprising support means for said elongated elements, decorating means suitable to project, through the respective nozzles, a plurality of jets of dyeing substances towards external surface zones to be decorated with said elongated elements, characterized in that it also comprises distance measuring means suitable to measure the distance between said nozzles and said external surface zones and positioning means functionally associated to said distance measuring means, to position said nozzles with respect to said external surface zones.
  • the present invention provides an elongated element provided with decoration zones on its external surfaces, characterized in that said decoration zones have sharp outlines.
  • the elongated element subject matter of the present invention is selected, for instances as a metal section bar, for instance from aluminum, of big size, having in particular a length of up to 20 meters.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-section view of an elongated element to be decorated wherein there is indicated in a very schematic manner, the nozzle dispensing dyeing substances of the apparatus according to the invention;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the elongated element wherein some external surface decorated zones are highlighted.
  • the elongated element 1 to be decorated is laid on special supports, provided in the apparatus according to the invention, and the decorating means comprising nozzles indicated as a whole by 2 and positioned at an optimum distance D from a first zone Z 1 do be decorated, said distance being measured by measuring means not shown.
  • the decorating means are mobile along three Cartesian axes X, Y and Z. Their starting positioning is made in such a ways that two of said Cartesian axes, for instance axes and Z, are parallel to the surface of the elongated element 1 in the zone Z 1 to be decorated.
  • the elongated elements 1 can be mounted on two supports that rotate about a longitudinal axis W of said element.
  • the decorating means may be caused to rotate about said W axis.
  • the adjustment of distance D of nozzles 2 from said zone Z 1 is carried out by causing the shift of said decorating means along said Y axis.
  • the decoration of zone Z 1 is then carried out by causing the movement of axes X and Z, to keep substantially unchanged distance D of nozzles 2 from said zone Z 1 .
  • the control of distance D can be obtained through sensors known per se, located near nozzles 2 on a suitable support zone.
  • zones Z 2 and Z 3 To decorate other zones of the surface of the elongated element 1 , for instance zones Z 2 and Z 3 , the same procedure is followed as is described above, obtaining relative positions between nozzles 2 and section bar 1 , indicated by A, B and C.
  • zone Z 2 For instance, if one wishes to decorate zone Z 2 , the elongated element 1 is rotated clockwise with respect to the position shown in FIG. 1, until zone Z 2 is parallel to the plane defined by the Cartesian axes X and Z. Alternatively, it is possible to rotate the decorating means counterclockwise until the plane defined by the Cartesian axes X and Z is parallel to said zone Z 2 . Then, the distance measuring means are activated that control the positioning of the decorating means, causing their movement along axis Y, and lastly the decoration of zone Z 2 is carried out.
  • a curvilinear surface zone of the elongated element 1 should be decorated, the rotation of the elongated element 1 , or the decorating means, about axis W and the shifting of the decorating means along axis Y will take place also while nozzles A, B and C deliver the dying substances. Said rotation and said shift will take place in a coordinated manner based on the measurements of the distance measuring means, so that the distance of the nozzles from the surface of the elongated element 1 remains substantially constant.

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